Name: Chef John's Creme Fraiche recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups heavy cream;3 tablespoons cultured buttermilk

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Ingredients

2 cups heavy cream 3 tablespoons cultured buttermilk

Nutrition Info

51.9 calories carbohydrate: 0.5 g cholesterol: 20.4 mg fat: 5.5 g fiber: : - protein: 0.4 g saturatedFat: 3.4 g servingSize: - sodium: 7.1 mg sugar: 0.1 g transFat: : - unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

Combine cream and buttermilk in a glass jar. Cover tightly with cheesecloth (or any breathable material) and let sit at room temperature (70 to 75 degrees F (21 to 24 degrees C)) for 24 hours. Stir, screw on lid, and refrigerate for 24 hours before using.

Recipe Yield

1 pint

Recipe Note

Making creme fraiche is very easy and, once you taste the magic of homemade sour cream, you'll have a hard time not repeating this esoteric exercise. Sure it takes a couple days, but the effort is minimal and the payoff is marvelous.